Morgan M-JPEG codec V3 developer pages

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1. There's 2 APIs for programing with the codec :

Video For Windows (VFW) :

M3JPEG32.dll is a Video For Windows codec (VFW codec) it can be managed through the Video Compression Manager (VCM).

You can find information on VFW APIs at : http://msdn.microsoft.com/

VFW : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/multimed/avifile_8dgz.asp
VCM : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/multimed/avicomp_550y.asp

(Video Compression Manager : The Microsoft Video for Windows component that manages video codecs (compressor/decompressors). VCM can also be considered a specification for an API. A video codec must conform to VCM to work with Video for Windows.)

DirectShow :

The codec comes with two DirectShow filters

- M3JPEGdec.ax ('Morgan MJPEG Decompressor')
- M3JPEGenc.ax ('Morgan MJPEG Compressor')

You can find information on DirectShow SDK at : http://msdn.microsoft.com/DirectX/

 

2. Video For Windows samples :

Here's a standard sequence of VCM API calls for decompression :

hicd = ICOpen(ICTYPE_VIDEO, MJPG, ICMODE_DECOMPRESS);
ICDecompressBegin(hicd, lpSrcFmt, lpDecFmt);
ICDecompress(hicd, 0, lpSrcFmt, lpSrc, lpDecFmt, lpDec);
ICDecompress(hicd, 1, lpSrcFmt, lpSrc, lpDecFmt, lpDec);
ICDecompress(hicd, 2, lpSrcFmt, lpSrc, lpDecFmt, lpDec);
...
ICDecompress(hicd, n, lpSrcFmt, lpSrc, lpDecFmt, lpDec);
ICDecompressEnd(hicd);
ICClose(hicd);

Codec.c :

http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/download/codec.c

This file does not compile as-is but shows the AVIFile and VCM API structs and func to use and how to use it to compress, write to AVI, read from AVI and decompress in YUV.

CodecBench :

http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/download/codecBench.zip

CodecBench is our home made test sofware for the codec. It reads AVI files, decompress, display and compres. It uses VFW API and DirectDraw.

Avidd.cpp :

http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/download/Avidd.cpp

An older version of codecBench, maybe easier to understand.

3. DirectShow samples :

Full2Cif:

http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/download/Full2Cif.zip

This sample play full size M-JPEG AVI files in CIF size (Height/2xWidth/2) using the fast Full2CIF internal mode of the codec. It shows how to manage the DirectShow Decompressor via its private IIPM3JPEGdec interface (see CPlayerDoc::AddDecoderInFilterGraph in MFCDoc.cpp).

Dscap :

http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/download/Dscap.zip

Dscap is a modified version of the video capture sample of DirectX 8 SDK. Each modification is marked by // #### in the source code. The 'Capture' menu contains a 'MJPEG' section.

DV2MJPEG :

http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/download/DV2MJPEG.zip

DV2MJPEG is a transcoder from AVI DV format to AVI M-JPEG format. It only transcode the video stream.

Here's how to set compression quality :

IAMVideoCompression *pV;

...

// Query for the Video Compression Interface of the MJPEG compressor.
hr = pMJPEGComp->QueryInterface(IID_IAMVideoCompression, (void **)&pV);
if (hr != NOERROR)
{

AfxMessageBox("Problems querying IID_IAMVideoCompression. Exit !");
return -1;

}

// Here we set the MJPEG Quality
// 0 <= Quality <= 1
hr = pV->put_Quality(0.75);
pV->Release();
if(hr != NOERROR)
{

AfxMessageBox("Problems Setting Quality. Exit !");
return -1;

}

4. Miscelaneous sample :

MJPGtoJPG:

http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/download/MJPGtoJPG.zip

This sample application shows how to compress and save a frame in standard JPEG with the codec. Check methods CMJPGtoJPGDlg::OnCompress() and CMJPGtoJPGDlg::OnSave() in MJPGtoJPGDlg.cpp. This sample works corectly with images with heigth <= 288.